Publish Date : 15-Sep-2014
Kyushu University, Fujitsu Limited, and Fujitsu Laboratories Limited today announced that they have established the Fujitsu Social Mathematics Joint Research Unit. Operating from within Kyushu University's Institute of Mathematics for Industry, they will begin joint research on mathematical techniques for implementing social policies and programs that are fair and to which the public will be highly receptive.
In the past, there has been no way to appropriately take into account human behavior and psychology when designing public facilities, distribution systems, and other such policies and programs. This has sometimes led to poor user uptake, difficulties in use due to unexpected behaviors, and other problems. The new joint research department aims to solve these problems by conducting research that clarifies human behavior and psychology by bringing together social science research and mathematical techniques based on big data. Positioning the joint research unit as a place for collaboration between industry and academia as well as for interdisciplinary academic research activities, Kyushu University, Fujitsu, and Fujitsu Laboratories seek to promote the development of methodologies and techniques for creating policies and programs to which the public will be highly receptive and that contribute to resolving social problems.
The Institute of Mathematics for Industry at Kyushu University is the first center to be established in Asia for mathematical research into industrial technologies. With a foundation built on wide-ranging mathematical research, it has become known around the world as an unparalleled center for industrial mathematics. On April 23, 2013, it was designated by the Ministry of Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (MEXT) as a "Joint Research Center for Advanced and Fundamental Mathematics-for-Industry." To address social problems that cannot be resolved by individual technologies used in isolation, Fujitsu and Fujitsu Laboratories seek to integrate technologies-primarily technologies that put big data to use-that are designed to resolve a variety of social problems, and then promote their implementation and verify their effectiveness. This is part of their broader goal of bringing about a Human Centric Intelligent Society, a prosperous society that promotes the well-being of people.
Using their respective technological strengths, Kyushu University, Fujitsu, and Fujitsu Laboratories established the joint research unit after deciding on the effectiveness of developing mathematical techniques to the design of social structures (social systems) that all stakeholders, including program designers, service providers, and users, will consider fair and very well-accepted.
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